Texas Government - Policy And Politics - Ch. 2

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Branch Banking

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A business practice whereby a single, large bank conducts business from several locations.

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Budget Deficit

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The amount of money by which annual budget expenditures exceed annual budget receipts.

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Budget Execution Authority

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The Power to cut agency spending or transfer money between agencies during the period when the legislature is not in session.

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Christian Coalition

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A conservative Christian organization.

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Civil Liberties

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The protection of the individual from the unrestricted power of the government.

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Constitutional Law

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Law that involves the interpretation and application of the constitution.

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Constitutional Revision

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The process of drafting a new constitution.

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Dedicated Funds

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Constitutional or statutory provisions that set aside revenue for particular purposes.

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Dedicated Highway Fund

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A constitutionally earmarked account containing money set aside for building, maintaining, and policing state highways.

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Edgewood v. Kirby

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A lawsuit filed by a number of poor school districts, including the Edgewood ISD in San Antonio, against the state's system of educational finance.

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Equal Protection of the Law

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The legal principle that state laws may not arbitrarily discriminate against persons.

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Federal Preemption of State Authority

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An Act of Congress adopting regulatory policies that overrule state policies in a particular regulatory area.

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General Obligation Bonds

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Certificates of indebtedness that must be repaid from general revenues.

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Grange

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An organization of farmers that influenced the content of the Texas Constitution in 1875.

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Homestead

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Legal residence.

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Initiative Process

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A procedure available in some states and citied whereby citizens can propose the adoption of a policy measure by gathering a prerequisite number of signatures. Voters must then approve the measure before it can take effect.

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Jacksonian Democracy

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The view that the right to vote should be extended to all adult male citizens and that all government offices of any importance should be filled by election.

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Local-option Elections

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Elections held to determine whether an area will legalize the sale of alcoholic beverages.

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Long Ballot

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An election system that provides for the election of nearly every public official of any significance.

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Party Platform

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A statement of party principles and issue positions.

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Permanent University Fund
(H)

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Money constitutionally set aside as an endowment to finance construction, maintenance, and some other activities at UT and A&M, and other institutions in these two university systems.(H)

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(PUF)

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Plural Executive

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The division of executive power among several elected officials.

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Property Tax

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Taxes levied on the value of real property, such as land and buildings.

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Radical Republicans

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Members of the Republican Party that wanted sweeping social change to take place in the South after the Civil War.

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Robin Hood Plan

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A reform of the state's school finance system designed to increase funding for poor school districts by redistributing money from wealthy districts.

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Statutory Law

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Law made by a legislature.

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Suffrage

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The right to vote.